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type: "LegalText"
title: "26 U.S.C. § 5741"
description: "Records to be maintained"
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title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
chapter_number: "52"
chapter_name: "TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES"
section: "5741"
citation: "26 U.S.C. § 5741"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 26 U.S.C. § 5741 - Records to be maintained
## Text
Every manufacturer of tobacco products, processed tobacco, or cigarette papers and tubes, every importer, and every export warehouse proprietor shall keep such records in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. The records required under this section shall be available for inspection by any internal revenue officer during business hours.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 715; Pub. L. 85859, title II, § 202, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1423; Pub. L. 8944, title V, § 502(b)(9), June 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 151; Pub. L. 94455, title XXI, § 2128(c), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1921; Pub. L. 1113, title VII, § 702(a)(3), Feb. 4, 2009, 123 Stat. 108.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2009—Pub. L. 1113 inserted “, processed tobacco,” after “tobacco products”. 1976—Pub. L. 94455 inserted reference to importers, struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”, and provided that the required records be available for inspection by any internal revenue officer during business hours. 1965—Pub. L. 8944 struck out reference to every dealer in tobacco materials. 1958—Pub. L. 85859 substituted “tobacco products or cigarette papers and tubes, every warehouse proprietor, and every dealer” for “articles and dealer”, and “such manner” for “such form”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 1113 effective Apr. 1, 2009, see section 702(a)(6) of Pub. L. 1113, set out as a note under section 5702 of this title.
Effective Date of 1965 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 8944 applicable on and after January 1, 1966, see section 701(d) of Pub. L. 8944, set out as a note under section 5701 of this title.
Effective Date of 1958 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 85859 effective Sept. 3, 1958, see section 210(a)(1) of Pub. L. 85859, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5001 of this title.